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I TOOL FOR GLINGHING HORSESHOE NAILS. N0. 365,974. Patented July 5, 1887.

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JOHN IV. DELANO,OF SKOVHEGAN, MAINE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE H. CLARKE, OF SAME PLACE;

TOOL FOR CLINCHING HRSESHO-NAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,974, dated July 5, 1887.

Application led April 8, 1887. Serial No. 234,103. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JOHN NV. DELANO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Skowllegan, in the county of Somerset and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tools for Olinching Horseshoe-Nails; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip` tion of the invention, such as will enable othro ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to that -elass of tools which are used for the purpose of turning down and clinching the point of a horseshoex5 nail after the same has been driven through the foot of the horse. Many tools for this purpose have previously been used and patented; but in all of them the design has been to hold the tool horizontally, or nearly so,

2o while turning down and clinching the nail. By the use of clinchers operating in this way it has always been dilicult, and in some cases quite impossible, to clinch the nails on all parts of the hoof, on account of the awkward position in which the hands must be held to manipulate the tool. When the farrier held the horses foot in his lap, it has always been difficult to follow around the shoe with one of these clinchers holding the tool in a position substantially parallel with the face of the shoe.

This is particularly true when handling restless horses, in which ease it is always desirable and necessary to keep both hands as near the leg and foot 'as' possible in order to guard against any sudden movement of the horse. When doing this work with the old form of tool, as I have pointed out, the positions of the hands were such that the foot and leg of the horse could not be easily controlled.

4o My invention is designed to obviate this difficulty; and it consists of a clinching-tool having a straight jaw for resting against the bottom of the shoe, a curved jaw for turning the points ofthe nails, and two handles which are at right angles, or nearly so, with the straight jaw, the construction of the tool being such that when the tool islin operation it is heldin a vertical position, the hands being at all times near the horses legs.

My invention is illustrated iu the accompa- 5o nying drawing, which represents the tool in position to clinch a nail in a horses foot.

A is the straight jaw, and B the eurvedjaw, and A and B are the respective handles.

C represents the horseshoe, and D the nail.

When the jaw A is placed flat on the head of the nail to be clinched and the handles are spread apart, the curved jaw will be in position to clinch the point'of the nail and the handles will be vertical, or nearly so. The 6o farrier in using the clincher is thus able to keep both hands in close proximity to the horses legs,working his way around the shoe without changing them from substantially this position.

lnshoeing nervous horses this tool is a desirable one for the reason which I have pointed out-namely, that the hands are kept well in toward the leg of the horse, so that they are in position to seize the legat the least mo- 7o tion.

I claim- As a new article of manufacture, a horsef shoe-nail clincher having a straight jaw to be placed under the shoe, a curve jaw adapted to 75 turn the point of the nail, and two handles substantially perpendicular to the plane of the working-face of said straight jaw,wherehy the clincher, when operated, is held in a ver tical position, or nearly so, substantially as So shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 1n presence of two witnesses.

JOHN V. DELANO.

Vitnesses:

HENRY RAwLEs, CHAs. A. Ross. 

